2022-11-29

VCSEL-powered lidar to feature on new Changan car

Hesai, which has partnered with Lumentum, to provide sensors for forthcoming electric vehicle. Hesai, the Shanghai-based lidar company, says it has agreed a deal to provide its “AT128” sensors for a new car being built by fellow Chinese firm Changan Automobile.   Changan Automobile concept car   Based around vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays emitting at 905 nm, the AT128 units are claimed to have a range of 200 meters (for objects with a reflectivity of 10 per cent).   Lumentum supply deal O...
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